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Ministry of Finance
Exporter arrested for GST fraud
The officers of Anti Evasion wing of Thane CGST Commissionerate of Mumbai zone have arrested an exporter who is Director of a Private Limited Company, for fraudulently claiming GST Input Tax Credit  of Rs. 15.26 Crore. This ITC was claimed on the basis of bogus invoices of Rs. 85 Crore issued by the fake entities.
Based on inputs received from Delhi Customs and further developed by Officers of Thane Commissionerate, an investigation was initiated against M/s. Corvette Tradelink Pvt. Ltd, Borivali. Investigation revealed that this firm was engaged in export of footwear and had availed GST Input Tax Credit fraudulently on the basis of bogus invoices issued by non-existent fake entities from Delhi The Company had used this fake ITC for payment of IGST for exports through ICD Tughlakabad, Delhi and had subsequently claimed IGST refund from Indian Customs on the fake ITC so used.
One Director of the said Private Limited Company was arrested on 03.03.2022, under Section 69 of CGST Act 2017 for contravention of Section 132 and 132 of CGST Act 2017 and produced before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Mumbai. The accused was sent to judicial custody for 14 days by the magistrate. If proved guilty, he shall face imprisonment up to 5 years and fine.
This case is a part of Anti-Evasion drive launched by CGST, Mumbai Zone against the tax evaders and fraudsters. CGST Thane Commissionerate has detected tax evasion of Rs. 1238 Crore, recovered Rs. 20 crore and arrested 7 persons during last six months.
The CGST department is using data-mining, data analysis and network analysis tools to identify potential tax evaders and fraudsters. The department is focusing on all sectors of economy including service sector, exports, imports and digital economy to identify tax evaders who has been causing unfair competition for honest and compliant tax payers. The department is going to intensify this anti-evasion drive in the coming days and months.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Annual allotment of Rs. 4000 crore made to State Governments under ‘Per Drop More Crop’ component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana  for the year 2020-21; Fund release to some States already under process
Micro Irrigation Fund corpus of Rs. 5000 crore also created with NABARD for special and innovative projects and incentivising micro irrigation beyond the provisions under PMKSY-PDMC
Department of Agriculture Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare is implementing ‘Per Drop More Crop’ component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana . The PMKSY- PDMC focuses on enhancing water use efficiency at farm level through Micro Irrigation technologies viz. Drip and Sprinkler irrigation systems. Drip micro irrigation technique not only helps in water saving but also in reducing fertilizer usage, labour expenses and other input costs.
For the current year, annual allotment of Rs. 4000 crore has already been allocated and conveyed to the State Governments. The State Governments have identified the beneficiaries to be covered under the programme. Fund release to some of the States is already under process for the year 2020-21.
Further, Micro Irrigation Fund corpus of Rs. 5000 crore has been created with NABARD. The objective of the fund is to facilitate the states in mobilizing the resources for expanding coverage of Micro Irrigation by taking up special and innovative projects and also for incentivising micro irrigation beyond the provisions available under PMKSY-PDMC to encourage farmers to install micro irrigation systems. So far, Micro Irrigation Funds have been released to the states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu for Rs. 616.14 crore and for Rs.478.79 crore, respectively through NABARD. The area covered under these projects is 1.021 lakh ha. in Andhra Pradesh and 1.76 lakh ha. in Tamil Nadu.
During the last five years , an area of 46.96 lakh ha. has been covered under Micro Irrigation through PMKSY-PDMC.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Oscar Retrospective at 50th IFFI
On the occasion of the 50th year of International Film Festival of India, the festival announces a special section which celebrates some of the most outstanding films which have won the Best Film award at the Academy Awards also known as the Oscars. The Section has been aptly named as the Oscar Retrospective. The films to be showcased in this section include Casablanca by Michael Curtiz, Gone With the Wind by Victor Fleming , Ben Hur and The Best Years of our Lives by William Wyler, All About Eve by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Lawrence of Arabia by David Lean, The Sound of Music by Robert Wise, The Godfather by Francis Ford Coppola, The Silence of the Lambs by Jonathan Demme, and Forrest Gump by Robert Zemeckis. All these films have not only won the Best Film award but also had been nominated in other categories at the Oscars and have amongst them won quite a number of awards. The films in this category are some of the most popular and evergreen Hollywood classics which cinephiles and film enthusiasts would love to eagerly watch on the big screen at the 50th IFFI. IFFI always has been a platform that celebrates films from across the world and the festival take this opportunity to pay humble respect to some of the classics of all time made by some of the most respected names of the Hollywood industry.
Ministry of Electronics & IT
MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar Inaugurates Pratap Subrahmanyam Centre for Digital Intelligence, Security Hardware and Architecture Centre at IIT, Madras
Young Indians will shape the future of tech design, create new products, new devices and new solutions that will have global markets & global solutions: MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Union Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Electronics & IT Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar today said that in the next five years, centres of gravity in the technology space will be rebuilt around newer geopolitics and newer talent pools for which India is strongly positioned.
“We are living in extremely interesting times for technology space and in the next five years, centres of gravity will be rebuilt around newer geopolitics and newer talent pools for which New India is strongly positioned,” Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar said, while delivering the presidential address virtually at the inauguration of Pratap Subrahmanyam Centre for Digital Intelligence, Security Hardware and Architecture Centre  at IIT, Madras.
The Centre has been created through contribution of one of IIT-M alumni from the class of 1985, Shri Pratap Subrahmanyam. As part of the Computer Science Engineering Department, it will work in the areas of Computer Architecture, Security, Machine Learning and VLSI Design.
In his address, the Minister said the three trends that are shaping the future of the world economy are acceleration of digitalisation of the world at a blistering pace, the need increasingly for countries and enterprises to have a network or coalition of trusted sources of technology, safe and trusted partners in technology solution, devices and products and thirdly having more and more digital talent that is in demand all around the world.
“India sits at the intersection at these three trends. Our technologically empowered young Indians are going to shape the future of tech design and build and create new products, new devices and new solutions that will have global markets and global solutions” Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar added.
Highlighting the initiatives taken by the Government under the Semicon India Programme and Digital India RISC-V  Program, the Minister said, “Our focus is on creating manufacturing capacity, packaging and verification capacity and capabilities, design research and skills. We have unprecedented opportunities to capitalise and achieve our trillion-dollar digital goal set by our Prime Minister.”
Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar also praised the efforts of IIT, Madras Director Prof V Kamakoti, who is the chief architect of Digital India RISC-V Microprocessor programme , for giving impetus to start-ups working in RISC-V area and providing them global visibility.
The aim of DIR-V is to make India not only a RISC-V Talent Hub for the world but also be the supplier of RISC-V SoC  for Servers, Mobile devices, Automotive, IoT & Microcontrollers across the globe.
Apart from Prof V Kamakoti, faculty members of IIT, Madras and researchers of were also present on the occasion.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 193.53 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 12.75 Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The nationwide COVID 19 vaccination started on 16th January 2021. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccine manufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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1,93,53,58,865
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12,75,03,205
More than 193.53 crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt. of India  and through direct state procurement category.
More than 12.75 Cr  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Ministry of Defence
MoD signs contract worth 1075 crore with M/s BEL for the supply of 957 Commander Thermal Imager cum Day Sights for T-90 Tanks
Providing a further boost to the ‘Make in India’ initiative of the Government of India in the Defence Sector, the Acquisition Wing of the Ministry of Defence has today signed a contract for Rs. 1075 crore with M/s Bharat Electronics Limited  for the retro-modification of Commander Sight of Battle Tanks-T-90. The retro-modification will be carried out in 957 T-90 tanks of the Indian Army.
Commander sight of Battle Tank T-90, India’s premier battle tank, is presently fitted with Image Converter  tube-based sight for night viewing. Based on the requirement projected by the Indian Army, DRDO and BEL have jointly designed and developed an advanced Mid Wave Thermal Image  based sight as a replacement for the existing IC-based sight.
The new retro-modified Commander sight employs a thermal imager capable of detecting the targets at 8 Kms during day and night and a Laser Ranger Finder  to find the ranges accurately up to 5 Kms, thereby enhancing its capability to engage target at longer ranges. With the corrections from ballistic software and LRF, the Commander of T-90 can detect, engage and neutralize the targets with phenomenal accuracy. The indigenously developed sight completed extensive evaluations under field conditions successfully.
The successful indigenous development of Thermal Imager based Commander Sight will provide further fillip to indigenous R&D and defence manufacturing.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Re-inventing Positive, Factual & Almost Objective News Presentation are Positive Aspects of Government Media, says Visva-Bharati Journalism Head
Government Media Provides Factual News to get away from Panic Dissemination, Opines a Government Media Expert
Private Media Disseminate Actual News taking Government Facts, Visiting the Spot and Interviewing Concerned Persons, Opines a Daily’s Senior Journalist
Kolkata, August 21, 2020
The way of dissemination of news has changed a lot in the wake of the outbreak and rapid spread of Corona pandemic in the country. To discuss on the subject, Press Information Bureau along with the Field Outreach Bureau, Chuchura today organised a webinar on the ‘Dissemination of news by government Media and Private Media During Covid 19 Pandemic’ today where various media personalities from both Government and private media participated along with the two noted academicians.
The Professor and Head of the Centre for Journalism & Mass Communication, Dr. Biplab Loha Choudhury said, the journalism at this juncture requires to be more citizen-centric, taking into account the factual, positive and almost objective news presentation as is done by the Government media. Another academician, Dr Uma Shankar Pandey, the Associate Professor of Surendranath College for Girls, delineated with the statistics of the rapid spread of Corona and the pace of the gradual growth of viewership of the electronic media.
According to Shri Snehasis Sur, News Correspondent, Doordarshan, the Government media provides factual and the exact news, maintaining relevant health protocols, independence and ethics to keep its audience away from the panic. He even stated in detail the TRP rate of the news telecasted in comparison with the advertisements as well as other popular serials.
The Former Head of News unit, All India Radio, Kolkata, Shri Dibyendu Das spoke about the collective effort in disseminating news empathetically as followed in Akashvani, Kolkata as a step towards commitment to the people to avoid infodemic.
Shri Pulakesh Ghosh, the eminent journalist and Special Representative of Uttarbanga Sangbad stated that the private news media always present the actual news taking Government facts and figures and spot visiting as well as interviewing the concerned persons. Shri Saibal Biswas, representative, Satyajug pointed that the journalists of private media should avoid keeping gaps in news presentation.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 203.53 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 3.35Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The nationwide COVID 19 vaccination started on 16th January 2021. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccine manufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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More than 203.53 crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt. of India  and through direct state procurement category.
More than3.35Cr  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses $are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Centre invites comments on draft of National Voluntary Guidelines on Social, Environmental and Economic Responsibilities of Business
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs had constituted a two-member expert committee to update the National Voluntary Guidelines on Social, Environmental and Economic Responsibilities of Business . A draft of which has now been placed on its website, www.mca.gov.in for public comment till 20.07.2018. The updated version will be finalised after an assessment and review of suggestions and inputs received from stakeholders and wide consultations with the relevant Ministries, Business and Stakeholders at large.
There have been several notable national and international developments in the wider sustainability and business responsibility domains since the release of NVGs requiring their updating. The adoption of Sustainable Development Goals , debates on Climate Change and enhanced role of Business in engendering Human Rights in their functioning are to mention a few.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs first issued the National Voluntary Guidelines on Social, Environmental and Economic Responsibilities of Business  in July 2011 with a view to make business socially responsible and partake in the development of the nation through its expertise and efficiency and be internationally relevant. The NVGs comprise nine interrelated and interconnected Principles and their attendant Core elements and represent a holistic approach to business responsibility.
The Securities and Exchanges Board of India  in 2012 on the basis of these guidelines mandated the top 100 companies  to furnish Annual Business Responsibility Report  providing an impetus to the uptake of NVGs by business.
Special Service and Features
DAK ADALAT on 19 December at Anna Road Head Post Office
It is proposed to conduct DAK ADALAT on 19.12.2022 at 1500 hours at Anna Road HPO, Chennai 600002. The members of the public are requested to send their grievances, if any regarding Postal services  availed at AnnaRoad HPO, Chennai 600002, either in person or by post or through email at annaroadho-dop[at]nic[dot]in, with the caption DAK ADALAT, on or before 16.12.2022. They may also attend the DakAdalat in person on 19.12.2022 at 1500 hours.
According to a press release issued by Head Post Office Anna Road
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Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
CNG Stations
Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board  is the authority to grant authorization to the entities for development of City Gas Distribution  network in Geographical Areas  as per PNGRB Act, 2006. Establishment of Compressed Natural Gas  Stations is a part of development of CGD Network and the same is carried out by the entities authorized by PNGRB based on techno-commercial viability. So far, PNGRB has authorized 230 Geographical Areas  for development of CGD Network across the country which covers around 71% of India’s population and 53% of its area. Remaining areas of the country will be covered for development of CGD network in future bidding rounds subject to techno-commercial viability, natural gas pipelines connectivity and natural gas availability. PNGRB has also informed that no CNG stations are operational in the state of Tamil Nadu. As on 01.02.2020, 1989 CNG stations are operational in the country including Assam, Delhi NCR and Chandigarh. Details of CNG Stations are at Annexure I. Further, as per minimum work programme, the authorized CGD entities have committed to set up CNG Stations across the country including the states of Assam, Tamil Nadu and Jaipur.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan in the Lok Sabha today in a written reply.
Prime Minister's Office
The new building of Parliament is going to fill all of us with pride and hope: PM
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has said that New Building of Parliament is going to fill all of us with pride and hope. Shri Modi dedicated the New Parliament Building to the Nation by physically unveiling the plaque. On this occasion, the Prime Minister tweeted and said that;
“आज का दिन हम सभी देशवासियों के लिए अविस्मरणीय है। संसद का नया भवन हम सभी को गर्व और उम्मीदों से भर देने वाला है। मुझे पूर्ण विश्वास है कि यह दिव्य और भव्य इमारत जन-जन के सशक्तिकरण के साथ ही, राष्ट्र की समृद्धि और सामर्थ्य को नई गति और शक्ति प्रदान करेगी।”
“As the new building of India’s Parliament is inaugurated, our hearts and minds are filled with pride, hope and promise. May this iconic building be a cradle of empowerment, igniting dreams and nurturing them into reality. May it propel our great nation to new heights of progress.”
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
King Chilli ‘Raja Mircha’ from Nagaland exported to London for the first time
In a major boost to exports of Geographical Indications  products from the north-eastern region, a consignment of ‘Raja Mircha’ also referred as king chilli from Nagaland was today exported to London via Guwahati by air for the first time.
The consignment of King Chilli also considered as world’s hottest based on the Scoville Heat Units . The consignment was sourced from Tening, part of Peren district, Nagaland and was packed at APEDA assisted packhouse at Guwahati.
The chilli from Nagaland is also referred as Bhoot Jolokia and Ghost pepper. It got GI certification in 2008.
APEDA in collaboration with the Nagaland State Agricultural Marketing Board , coordinated the first export consignment of fresh King Chilli. APEDA had coordinated with NSAMB in sending samples for laboratory testing in June and July 2021 and the results were encouraging as it is grown organically.
Exporting fresh King Chilli posed a challenge because of its highly perishable nature.
Nagaland King Chilli belongs to genus Capsicum of family Solanaceae. Naga king chilli has been considered as the world’s hottest chilli and is constantly on the top five in the list of the world's hottest chilies based on the SHUs.
APEDA would continue to focus on the north eastern region and has been carrying out promotional activities to bring the North-Eastern states on the export map. In 2021, APEDA has facilitated exports of Jackfruits from Tripura to London and Germany, Assam Lemon to London, Red rice of Assam to the United States and Leteku ‘Burmese Grape’ to Dubai.
UPSC
Central Armed Police Forces  Examination, 2017
The result of the Central Armed Police Forces  Examination, 2017 was declared vide Press Note dated 29th June, 2018 recommending 170 candidates in order of merit for appointment.
The Commission, in accordance with Rule 16  &  of the Central Armed Police Forces  Examination, 2017, had also maintained a Reserve List in order of merit below the last recommended candidate.
The Commission hereby recommends 20 candidates, which includes 06 General, 13 OBC and 01 SC candidates, to fill up the remaining posts based on Central Armed Police Forces  Examination, 2017 from the candidates of Reserve List. A list of these candidates is enclosed. Ministry of Home Affairs would be communicating directly with recommended candidates.
The Candidature of 03 OBC candidates bearing Roll Numbers 0186533, 0127851 & 0070490 is Provisional.
The list of these 20 candidates is available on the Commission’s Website .
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